Latest items for PHBP-PRACTICE-1
Nov. 12, 2024, 6:12 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“As she grew older, Youngmi found herself depressed, unsure of what her future held, and financially unstable. In Korea’s patriarchal society — in which women are generally expected to defer to their fathers and to adhere to rigid beauty standards — she felt like a perpetual victim, obsessed by the wrongs done to her by her father and pressured into maintaining her appearance in order to please men. Despite her meager budget as a nursing student, she purchased new clothes each season, spending a lot of money on cheap, poor-quality clothes from H&M. She wore makeup religiously. ‘I could not go outside without any makeup. I felt ashamed of my...more
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“As she grew older, Youngmi found herself depressed, unsure of what her future held, and financially unstable. In Korea’s patriarchal society — in which women are generally expected to defer to their fathers and to adhere to rigid beauty standards — she felt like a perpetual victim, obsessed by the wrongs done to her by her father and pressured into maintaining her appearance in order to please men. Despite her meager budget as a nursing student, she purchased new clothes each season, spending a lot of money on cheap, poor-quality clothes from H&M. She wore makeup religiously. ‘I could not go outside without any makeup. I felt ashamed of my...more
Nov. 28, 2023, 12:49 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"There's a stigma against women who do not wear makeup or who have short hair, said Yusu Li, a member of the feminist group Haeil" (pp 15).
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"There's a stigma against women who do not wear makeup or who have short hair, said Yusu Li, a member of the feminist group Haeil" (pp 15).
Nov. 22, 2023, 5:13 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"[S]ome women who were pressured to cover their heads had reported the symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder, sometimes called dysmorphophobia, which is characterized by the obsessive idea that they feel parts of their bodies, in this case their covered heads, are flawed" (79).
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"[S]ome women who were pressured to cover their heads had reported the symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder, sometimes called dysmorphophobia, which is characterized by the obsessive idea that they feel parts of their bodies, in this case their covered heads, are flawed" (79).
Jan. 16, 2023, 9:47 a.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Western beauty standards have extended around the globe, leading to women in Asian countries, for example, to undergo extremely painful, expensive, and risky procedures to achieve thinner calves and longer legs. Eyelid surgery is one of the most popular procedures in Asia, as women try to create a more 'European' eye shape. In Japan, 187,000 eyelid procedures were done in 2017 — well over the amount of every other surgical procedure combined" (para 14).
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Western beauty standards have extended around the globe, leading to women in Asian countries, for example, to undergo extremely painful, expensive, and risky procedures to achieve thinner calves and longer legs. Eyelid surgery is one of the most popular procedures in Asia, as women try to create a more 'European' eye shape. In Japan, 187,000 eyelid procedures were done in 2017 — well over the amount of every other surgical procedure combined" (para 14).
Jan. 16, 2023, 9:47 a.m.
Countries: Jordan
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"In Middle Eastern countries like Jordan, 60.7% of women use skin bleaching creams. These products are often laced with mercury, and can cause liver damage" (para 15).
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"In Middle Eastern countries like Jordan, 60.7% of women use skin bleaching creams. These products are often laced with mercury, and can cause liver damage" (para 15).
Jan. 16, 2023, 9:47 a.m.
Countries: Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"In 2011, statistics from the World Health Organization showed 40 per cent of women in Africa bleach their skin. Today, about 77% of Nigerians, 27% of Senegalese and 35% of South African women bleach their skin...These products are often laced with mercury, and can cause liver damage" (para 15).
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"In 2011, statistics from the World Health Organization showed 40 per cent of women in Africa bleach their skin. Today, about 77% of Nigerians, 27% of Senegalese and 35% of South African women bleach their skin...These products are often laced with mercury, and can cause liver damage" (para 15).
Jan. 16, 2023, 9:44 a.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"We live in an era where the most famous people on the planet are icons for an unattainable beauty standard. The Kardashians — reality TV royalty — downplay their cosmetic surgeries and incredibly expensive beauty interventions in favor of a 'female empowerment' and wellness narrative, claiming they simply 'get up and work hard'...And what women around the world have learned is that success and female empowerment looks like the Kardashians. The normalization of plastic surgery has gone hand in hand with that" (para 1-3). An article published in Glamour quoted a 30-year-old woman who felt nonsurgical procedures like fillers and Botox were simply another expected expense, like bikini waxes, explaining,...more
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"We live in an era where the most famous people on the planet are icons for an unattainable beauty standard. The Kardashians — reality TV royalty — downplay their cosmetic surgeries and incredibly expensive beauty interventions in favor of a 'female empowerment' and wellness narrative, claiming they simply 'get up and work hard'...And what women around the world have learned is that success and female empowerment looks like the Kardashians. The normalization of plastic surgery has gone hand in hand with that" (para 1-3). An article published in Glamour quoted a 30-year-old woman who felt nonsurgical procedures like fillers and Botox were simply another expected expense, like bikini waxes, explaining,...more
Jan. 12, 2023, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: Nepal
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Three years ago, when Sushila Thapa managed to flee from a brothel in Mumbai to her native village in Nepal, the big scar on her back did not matter. What mattered to her more was that she was home alive. A year later, when she saw another woman with a similar scar, she realised that the skin from her back wasn’t scarred because of one of her clients’ fetish or any injury. She mustered up the courage to make inquiries without raising suspicion and found that the skin was 'stolen' to 'make rich men and women beautiful'" (para 1-2). "“The money was soon over because of the huge debt she...more
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Three years ago, when Sushila Thapa managed to flee from a brothel in Mumbai to her native village in Nepal, the big scar on her back did not matter. What mattered to her more was that she was home alive. A year later, when she saw another woman with a similar scar, she realised that the skin from her back wasn’t scarred because of one of her clients’ fetish or any injury. She mustered up the courage to make inquiries without raising suspicion and found that the skin was 'stolen' to 'make rich men and women beautiful'" (para 1-2). "“The money was soon over because of the huge debt she...more
March 14, 2022, 5:49 p.m.
Countries: Argentina
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Dominant beauty standards in Argentina exalt thin, young, white, manicured, and sculpted female bodies. These cultural norms permeate...through key institutions, including the media and the family, and...economic imperatives promoting industries such as fashion, tourism, or other jobs that require women's buena presencia (good appearance) as a condition for work" (136-137).
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Dominant beauty standards in Argentina exalt thin, young, white, manicured, and sculpted female bodies. These cultural norms permeate...through key institutions, including the media and the family, and...economic imperatives promoting industries such as fashion, tourism, or other jobs that require women's buena presencia (good appearance) as a condition for work" (136-137).
Sept. 8, 2021, 5:50 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"There was the Tokyo 2020 official who floated the idea of an 'Olympig' creative campaign with plus-sized model Naomi Watanabe. An Olympic chief who resigned after making sexist remarks about women" (para 1). An official labelling a plus-sized model as a "pig" may reflect societal standards of what is considered to be the ideal weight (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"There was the Tokyo 2020 official who floated the idea of an 'Olympig' creative campaign with plus-sized model Naomi Watanabe. An Olympic chief who resigned after making sexist remarks about women" (para 1). An official labelling a plus-sized model as a "pig" may reflect societal standards of what is considered to be the ideal weight (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
July 9, 2021, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1, ERBG-PRACTICE-3, ERBG-DATA-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1, GIC-LAW-1, GIC-LAW-3
"For example, in January 2021, the Seoul city government uploaded guidance for pregnant women to make sure to check if there is plenty of toilet paper in the house, make meals for husbands, and to pay attention to their looks by hanging smaller size clothes to motivate themselves to lose weight after giving birth. And the discrimination against pregnant women begins long before the actual pregnancy. In hiring processes, interviewers routinely ask women invasive questions about their plans to get pregnant, with some openly telling female candidates it would be difficult to hire them because the company does not want to pay for maternity leave. According to a local survey,...more
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1, ERBG-PRACTICE-3, ERBG-DATA-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1, GIC-LAW-1, GIC-LAW-3
"For example, in January 2021, the Seoul city government uploaded guidance for pregnant women to make sure to check if there is plenty of toilet paper in the house, make meals for husbands, and to pay attention to their looks by hanging smaller size clothes to motivate themselves to lose weight after giving birth. And the discrimination against pregnant women begins long before the actual pregnancy. In hiring processes, interviewers routinely ask women invasive questions about their plans to get pregnant, with some openly telling female candidates it would be difficult to hire them because the company does not want to pay for maternity leave. According to a local survey,...more
June 25, 2021, 1:58 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Sarawut Intarob, 36, took the photographs and was told most women in the tribe have their bottom teeth removed and their lips pierced, then stretched, to allow the plates to be inserted"(para 3)."A collection of pictures show the impressively large lip plates of the Suri people, a tribe that inhabit the mountains of the Great Rift Valley in the plains of south-western Ethiopia.The huge clay plates, which can be as big as 16 inches in diameter, are first given to children when they are just 12-years-old[...]Women and children in the tribe also often decorate themselves with white clay patterns, and flowers on their heads."(para 4,5,8).
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Sarawut Intarob, 36, took the photographs and was told most women in the tribe have their bottom teeth removed and their lips pierced, then stretched, to allow the plates to be inserted"(para 3)."A collection of pictures show the impressively large lip plates of the Suri people, a tribe that inhabit the mountains of the Great Rift Valley in the plains of south-western Ethiopia.The huge clay plates, which can be as big as 16 inches in diameter, are first given to children when they are just 12-years-old[...]Women and children in the tribe also often decorate themselves with white clay patterns, and flowers on their heads."(para 4,5,8).
June 25, 2021, 11:56 a.m.
Countries: Senegal
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Ms. Sy grew up in a traditional Fulani family. She started writing 'Mistress of a Married Man' as a serial novel on a group Facebook page; it was later picked up by a production company called Marodi TV[...]Ms. Sy’s characters, at her direction, favor Senegalese designers — wearing fluted blouses and colorful prints from NuNu and Sisters of Afrika — and natural hairstyles; they reject the practice of skin bleaching. They also speak Wolof, the language preferred by many in what is officially a Francophone nation"(para 19,21).
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Ms. Sy grew up in a traditional Fulani family. She started writing 'Mistress of a Married Man' as a serial novel on a group Facebook page; it was later picked up by a production company called Marodi TV[...]Ms. Sy’s characters, at her direction, favor Senegalese designers — wearing fluted blouses and colorful prints from NuNu and Sisters of Afrika — and natural hairstyles; they reject the practice of skin bleaching. They also speak Wolof, the language preferred by many in what is officially a Francophone nation"(para 19,21).
June 24, 2021, 10:23 a.m.
Countries: China
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Women of the Dulong ethnic group in southwest China's Yunnan Province have recently received an award for their mysterious tradition of facial tattoos in a ceremony held in the city of Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. Flanked by the Gaoligong Mountain in the east and the Dandanglika Mountain in the west, the some 5,000 Dulong people living there were previously isolated from the outside world. Traditionally, Dulong women used to prick tattoos onto their faces when they reached 12 or 13 years of age. However, the custom was abolished after the People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded in 1949. There are now around 30 Dulong women still alive with...more
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Women of the Dulong ethnic group in southwest China's Yunnan Province have recently received an award for their mysterious tradition of facial tattoos in a ceremony held in the city of Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. Flanked by the Gaoligong Mountain in the east and the Dandanglika Mountain in the west, the some 5,000 Dulong people living there were previously isolated from the outside world. Traditionally, Dulong women used to prick tattoos onto their faces when they reached 12 or 13 years of age. However, the custom was abolished after the People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded in 1949. There are now around 30 Dulong women still alive with...more
Feb. 18, 2021, 7:04 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“Girls of a West African nation [Mauritania] are forced to consume up to 16,000 calories a day in a bid to make them gain weight so they appear more 'attractive' to men" (para 1). “In the West African culture because bigger women are deemed more beautiful, girls as young as eleven are being force fed to make them fat and more desirable to men. Pictured, a girl is made to eat a large bowl of grain. Sahar visits other feeding camps where girls as young as five and six, like the one above, are being fed larger portions to start stretching their stomachs for when they're older” (caption photo 1)....more
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“Girls of a West African nation [Mauritania] are forced to consume up to 16,000 calories a day in a bid to make them gain weight so they appear more 'attractive' to men" (para 1). “In the West African culture because bigger women are deemed more beautiful, girls as young as eleven are being force fed to make them fat and more desirable to men. Pictured, a girl is made to eat a large bowl of grain. Sahar visits other feeding camps where girls as young as five and six, like the one above, are being fed larger portions to start stretching their stomachs for when they're older” (caption photo 1)....more
Jan. 1, 2021, 2:57 p.m.
Countries: Tanzania
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"The ensuing samba ritual involves cutting cruciform nicks into the girl's chest and hands with a razor to not only help cleanse her of her bad luck, but to make her more attractive to older men" (para 11).
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"The ensuing samba ritual involves cutting cruciform nicks into the girl's chest and hands with a razor to not only help cleanse her of her bad luck, but to make her more attractive to older men" (para 11).
Dec. 24, 2020, 9:52 a.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"In 2008, graffiti on the walls in the city of Basra threatened, 'Your makeup and your decision to forgo the headscarf will bring you death'" (para 5).
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"In 2008, graffiti on the walls in the city of Basra threatened, 'Your makeup and your decision to forgo the headscarf will bring you death'" (para 5).
Dec. 23, 2020, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Women generally and girls specifically are not allowed to groom under the fear that men might get attracted by them. 'A girl is considered flirt and immoral if she does so'" (para 25).
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Women generally and girls specifically are not allowed to groom under the fear that men might get attracted by them. 'A girl is considered flirt and immoral if she does so'" (para 25).
Sept. 20, 2020, 4:31 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“With regard to the role of dietary intake, some women said that prior to marriage they had gone through a fattening period of at least 40 days of intentional overeating with a high reduction of physical activity, traditionally called tablah. This period could last longer until they achieved the goal of gaining weight.”
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“With regard to the role of dietary intake, some women said that prior to marriage they had gone through a fattening period of at least 40 days of intentional overeating with a high reduction of physical activity, traditionally called tablah. This period could last longer until they achieved the goal of gaining weight.”
Sept. 20, 2020, 4:30 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“Drugs, overfeeding and restriction of physical activity were 3 of the ways used by [Moroccan Saharawi] women to achieve their goal (fattening).”
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“Drugs, overfeeding and restriction of physical activity were 3 of the ways used by [Moroccan Saharawi] women to achieve their goal (fattening).”
Sept. 20, 2020, 4:29 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1, PHBP-DATA-1
“To study obesity in Moroccan Saharawi culture, 249 women were questioned about their desired body size and diet practices. The majority of women (90.4%) reported wanting to gain weight currently or at some time in the past. To gain weight, women used a fattening period (tablah) of at least 40 days of overeating with a reduction of physical activity and special traditional meals. Appetite enhancers (therapeutic drugs or fenugreek) and traditional suppositories were also used. Some women used corticosteroids to gain weight rapidly.”
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1, PHBP-DATA-1
“To study obesity in Moroccan Saharawi culture, 249 women were questioned about their desired body size and diet practices. The majority of women (90.4%) reported wanting to gain weight currently or at some time in the past. To gain weight, women used a fattening period (tablah) of at least 40 days of overeating with a reduction of physical activity and special traditional meals. Appetite enhancers (therapeutic drugs or fenugreek) and traditional suppositories were also used. Some women used corticosteroids to gain weight rapidly.”
Sept. 20, 2020, 4:06 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“While the idea of what constitutes the ideal body shape is changing in Sudan, the traditional preference for women to have thick legs remains. Some women go to great lengths to try to achieve this, says Bedri - even injecting their legs with insulin or cortisone bought on the black market.”
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“While the idea of what constitutes the ideal body shape is changing in Sudan, the traditional preference for women to have thick legs remains. Some women go to great lengths to try to achieve this, says Bedri - even injecting their legs with insulin or cortisone bought on the black market.”
Sept. 20, 2020, 4:06 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“"In Sudan, fat has become not wanted. Sudanese want to be like the people outside," she says. Weight loss never used to be a priority here. As little as two generations ago, the custom was to fatten up Sudanese girls before their weddings. People living at the time of the ancient Kush civilization, which ended in AD350, favoured full bodies, says folklore historian Sadia Elsalahi - especially thick hips and thighs. Until the 1930s, Sudanese parents would marry off their daughters as young as 11 or 12 years old, says Elsalahi, when their bodies hadn't fully developed. "To make a girl seem older, they made her bigger and fatter." ....more
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“"In Sudan, fat has become not wanted. Sudanese want to be like the people outside," she says. Weight loss never used to be a priority here. As little as two generations ago, the custom was to fatten up Sudanese girls before their weddings. People living at the time of the ancient Kush civilization, which ended in AD350, favoured full bodies, says folklore historian Sadia Elsalahi - especially thick hips and thighs. Until the 1930s, Sudanese parents would marry off their daughters as young as 11 or 12 years old, says Elsalahi, when their bodies hadn't fully developed. "To make a girl seem older, they made her bigger and fatter." ....more
Sept. 20, 2020, 3:33 p.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“"Breast ironing" is the Cameroonian custom of massaging young girls chests with hot tools—spatulas and pestles being the most common—in an attempt to flatten their developing breasts. This is done with the intention of postponing their first sexual relationships by making their bodies less attractive to men. Parents often fear that the girls won't finish their education if they meet a man and become pregnant. For the most part, the flattening is carried out by female family members, either at home or with the assistance of a healer. The process begins as soon as the girls hit puberty—for some, that means as early as eight years old. The consequences of...more
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“"Breast ironing" is the Cameroonian custom of massaging young girls chests with hot tools—spatulas and pestles being the most common—in an attempt to flatten their developing breasts. This is done with the intention of postponing their first sexual relationships by making their bodies less attractive to men. Parents often fear that the girls won't finish their education if they meet a man and become pregnant. For the most part, the flattening is carried out by female family members, either at home or with the assistance of a healer. The process begins as soon as the girls hit puberty—for some, that means as early as eight years old. The consequences of...more
Sept. 20, 2020, 3:32 p.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“Every single story [about breast ironing in Cameroon] was powerful. Even if their wounds weren't visual, they were broken inside. One of the women suffered a lot: She was ironed with a spatula, then a rock, then raped and married off to a man without her consent. She had a kid when she was just 14.”
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“Every single story [about breast ironing in Cameroon] was powerful. Even if their wounds weren't visual, they were broken inside. One of the women suffered a lot: She was ironed with a spatula, then a rock, then raped and married off to a man without her consent. She had a kid when she was just 14.”
Sept. 2, 2020, 12:05 p.m.
Countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“Several non‐communicable and infectious conditions may result from scarification. Scarification is associated with both local dermal hypertrophy and atrophy and with cutaneous sarcoidosis. In Ghana, scarification is a risk factor for rapid progression of filarial elephantiasis caused by Wuchereria bancrofti. As in traditional communities, scarifications are mostly performed with unsterile instruments, and unsterile materials are applied and rubbed into the wounds to extend the healing process, infections are likely to occur, both locally and systemically. Causative agents of local bacterial infections include a variety of agents and sepsis arising as a complication from locally infected scarification lesions and pneumonia occurs. A considerable incidence of tetanus has been found associated with...more
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“Several non‐communicable and infectious conditions may result from scarification. Scarification is associated with both local dermal hypertrophy and atrophy and with cutaneous sarcoidosis. In Ghana, scarification is a risk factor for rapid progression of filarial elephantiasis caused by Wuchereria bancrofti. As in traditional communities, scarifications are mostly performed with unsterile instruments, and unsterile materials are applied and rubbed into the wounds to extend the healing process, infections are likely to occur, both locally and systemically. Causative agents of local bacterial infections include a variety of agents and sepsis arising as a complication from locally infected scarification lesions and pneumonia occurs. A considerable incidence of tetanus has been found associated with...more
Sept. 2, 2020, 12:04 p.m.
Countries: Ethiopia, Tanzania
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“Barabaig women in Tanzania wear dotted scars surrounding the entire orbital region to signal female perfection. Comparable scars, in addition partly covering the cheeks, are found among Bumi men in Ethiopia. Some prestigious Fulani women show four‐three‐lane keloid chains in their faces to indicate their social rank. In fact, the ornaments may serve in these tribes as identity cards, indicating age, puberty, marital status, social status and merits, and they are perceived as signs of attractiveness.”
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“Barabaig women in Tanzania wear dotted scars surrounding the entire orbital region to signal female perfection. Comparable scars, in addition partly covering the cheeks, are found among Bumi men in Ethiopia. Some prestigious Fulani women show four‐three‐lane keloid chains in their faces to indicate their social rank. In fact, the ornaments may serve in these tribes as identity cards, indicating age, puberty, marital status, social status and merits, and they are perceived as signs of attractiveness.”
Sept. 2, 2020, 12:01 p.m.
Countries: Cameroon, Nigeria
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“The theory of a non‐adaptive sexually selected character explains scarification in the context of mating and sexual preferences and is based on the Darwinian theory of sexual selection. Scarifications are aesthetic adornments and intended to stimulate and attract potential sexual partners and to, in principle, allow for polygyny. For instance, among the Tiv ethnolinguistic group in Nigeria and Cameroon, raised keloids have been described to induce strong erotic feelings when touched, both among women and men.”
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
“The theory of a non‐adaptive sexually selected character explains scarification in the context of mating and sexual preferences and is based on the Darwinian theory of sexual selection. Scarifications are aesthetic adornments and intended to stimulate and attract potential sexual partners and to, in principle, allow for polygyny. For instance, among the Tiv ethnolinguistic group in Nigeria and Cameroon, raised keloids have been described to induce strong erotic feelings when touched, both among women and men.”
Sept. 2, 2020, 11:40 a.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar, Thailand
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Earlier this month (May 2 – unfortunately I cannot locate an internet version) the Canberra Times ran a feature article on intergenerational tensions among Padaung women in Thailand: 'Muko feels sweat trickling down her neck even as she sits under the shade of a wooden hut on a sweltering afternoon. “This is so uncomfortable. I cannot wipe off the sweat because of this,” the 15-year-old girl says, sulkily, pointing at the 15 brass rings, weighing 3kg, that adorn her neck. “I want to remove my rings because they are heavy and give me neck pain.” . . . For older women…girls like Muko…are a disgrace to the Karen tradition.'"more
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Earlier this month (May 2 – unfortunately I cannot locate an internet version) the Canberra Times ran a feature article on intergenerational tensions among Padaung women in Thailand: 'Muko feels sweat trickling down her neck even as she sits under the shade of a wooden hut on a sweltering afternoon. “This is so uncomfortable. I cannot wipe off the sweat because of this,” the 15-year-old girl says, sulkily, pointing at the 15 brass rings, weighing 3kg, that adorn her neck. “I want to remove my rings because they are heavy and give me neck pain.” . . . For older women…girls like Muko…are a disgrace to the Karen tradition.'"more
Sept. 2, 2020, 10:29 a.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Following the procedure — performed with crude instruments and without anesthetic — [the wife of the Mantawaian village chief in Indonesia] Pilongi bites on green bananas to dull the pain, before showing off her new smile. “Now that my teeth are sharp, I look more beautiful for my husband, so he won’t leave me,” she says proudly."
Variables: PHBP-PRACTICE-1
"Following the procedure — performed with crude instruments and without anesthetic — [the wife of the Mantawaian village chief in Indonesia] Pilongi bites on green bananas to dull the pain, before showing off her new smile. “Now that my teeth are sharp, I look more beautiful for my husband, so he won’t leave me,” she says proudly."